Vágner Mancini, or simply Mancini (born October 24, 1966, in Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...

, São Paulo state

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

) is a football head coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

. He is the current head coach of Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

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Coaching career

His last club was , he has been manager of , Al Nasr

Al-Nasr Sports Club

Al-Nasr Sports Club , is a professional association football club located in Dubai and plays in the UAE Pro-League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic was founded in 1945 and considered as the first and the oldest club in the UAE...

, and . fired him on December 9, 2009 and have hired Ricardo Silva as new coach. On December 12, 2009 Vasco da Gama have hired the former Santos F.C. coach, he replaces Dorival Junior

Dorival Júnior

Dorival Silvestre Júnior, usually known as Dorival Júnior is a football manager and former midfielder. He is nephew of the former Brazilian player Dudu.-Career:...

. On 26 September 2011, he was appointed as new head coach of Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

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